Francis made the remarks during his speech in the Vatican City

The Pontiff made the remarks just a day after one of the Catholic Church’s most notable Cardinals admitted child abuse files were 'destroyed.'

PopeFrancis has branded clergy who abuse children as the 'tools of Satan' and vowed they would face the 'the wrath of God' as he compared their actions to human sacrifice.

The Pontiff made the remarks just a day after one of the Catholic Church’s most notable Cardinals admitted child abuse files were 'destroyed.'

Francis made the remarks during his speech in the Vatican City which concluded his summit on preventing clergy sex abuse.

Although Francis vowed to put an end to child abuse cover-ups in the Catholic church, he accused critics of Catholic Church as "friends and relatives of the Devil" on Friday, causing outrage among victims of clerical abuse.

Francis concluded the mass by comparing child abuse to 'human sacrifice,' according to The Guardian.

The pope concluded vowing that pedophile priest would face 'the wrath of God.'

Francis delivered his speech in front of 190 Catholic bishops and high ranking religious figures, who were summoned to Rome following escalating abuse scandals that sparked a credibility crisis in the church.

The Jesuit pope claimed a vast amount of abuse happens within the family.

He added that the abuse of children in the Catholic Church is more scandalous 'for it is utterly incompatible with her moral authority and ethical credibility.'

'We need to recognize with humility and courage that we stand face-to-face with the mystery of evil, which strikes most violently against the most vulnerable, for they are an image of Jesus,' he said.